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May, 2007 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
The Unsinkable Barbara Brilliant
by Betty B. Levin

Professional Theatre:
bulletPersephone Continues at The Huntington (MA)
bulletRiver Rep to Open at Chester Meeting House (CT)
bulletLinda Hamilton to Play Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (MA)
bulletChita Rivera Tours in Career-Spanning Musical (MA, RI)
bulletHairspray Returns to Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletNew Haven Theater Company Premieres The Funny Stages (CT)
bulletBoston Theater Awarded in IRNEst by Jules Becker
bulletWorld Premiere of An Octopus Love Story at Center Stage (NY)
bulletBroadway Today: Jason Kravitz by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletActing FAQ: Are You Talented by Bob Fraser
bulletBehind the Scenes: Officially Terminated by Chuckie Finn
bulletNaked Shakespeare Continues Monthly Evenings of Sonnets & Soliloquies (ME)
bulletA Cast of 22 Makes a Splash in Goodspeed's Singing' In The Rain (CT)
bulletIntentional Theatre Presents One-Acts (CT)
bulletBrighton Beach Memoirs at TheatreWorks New Milford (CT)
bulletWho Could Ask for Anything More?... NSMT Goes Crazy for You (MA)
bulletStep Into The Clean House at Trinity Rep (RI)
bulletNew One-Woman Show by Leslie Harrell Dillen (MA)
bulletA Critic's Notebook by Steve Capra
bulletTheater Offensive Presents World Premiere Musical: Surviving the Nian (MA)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletMay Highlights at The Hartt School (CT)
bulletNACL Offers Performer Training Retreat (NY)
bulletBoston Conservatory Theater Department Presents Senior Showcase (MA, NY)

Community Theatre

bulletLife Imitates Art & Visa Versa in Tom Stoppard Mystery at Suffield Players (CT)
bulletBette & Boo at Theatre Company of Saugus (MA)
bulletLove, Cole Encore on Mother's Day (MA)
bulletAcme Announces Change in Season (MA)
bulletActing Company of Greenwich is Broadway Bound (CT)
bulletParis is Sizzling: Hole in the Wall Theater Presents Moliere's Tartuffe (CT)
bulletSix Cast in Your Theatre's Season Finale (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletEPAC KIds' Theater Workshop Presents Disney's High School Musical (NY)
bulletHartford Children's Theatre Presents And Then They Came for Me... Remembering the World of Anne Frank (CT)
bulletSummerStage 2007 Presents Disney's High School Musical (MA)
bulletSummer Workshop Offers Professional Instruction at Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletFrog & Toad Visit Boston Children's Theatre (MA)
bulletJamie-Lynn Sigler Teaches at Important Lesson (CT)
bulletCalliope's on the Straight and Narrow (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Edgar Wright, Simon, Pegg, Nick Frost, Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin, Aaron Stanford & Paul Schneider by Cecille Markell
bulletRhode Island International Film Festival Offers Seasonal Staff Opportunities (RI)
bulletLocal Filmmaker Hears "It's All Good, Man!"
bulletRadio/TV Hall of Fame Show at Buckley PAC (MA)
bulletWinchester Native Returns Home to Teach Screenwriting (MA)

Music

bulletBoston Pops Announces 2007: Keith Lockhart Opens with Ben Folds (MA)
bulletVisit New Orleans at The Music Hall (NH)
bulletFavorites Make Return Stops to Ridgefield (CT)
bulletGrammy-nominated BEMF Premieres Newly-reconstructed Work by Pergolesi (MA)
bulletClassic Theater, Classic Music & a True Classic at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletBobbi Carrey Show Debut at Scullers (MA)
bulletGeorge Jones University Opens Its Doors & Already Deserves Celebrity Status by Maureen Condon
bulletJackson Browne Plays Benefit Concert for L.A.C.E. (VT)
bulletPPAC Announces Spring 2007 Wonders of the Wurlitzer (RI)
bulletFirstWorksKids Brings the "Grateful Dead of Kids' Music" to Providence (RI)
bulletPilgrim Festival Chorus to Perform Haydn's "Creation" (MA)
bulletOnce Upon a Nightclub by Steve Capra
bulletPlymouth Musical Competition Hosting Major Music Players During Benefit Concert (MA)
bulletBuju Banton to Play Madison Square Garden (NY)
bulletDates Announces for 2007 Dunkin' Donuts Newport Folk Festival & JVC Jazz Festival-Newport (RI)
bulletJames Blood Ulmer Plays Rich Forum (CT)

Dance

bulletGielgud's Giselle at Boston Ballet (MA)
bulletAerial Dance Showcases & More at UNH (NH)
bulletState Ballet of Rhode Island Hosts Fundraising Evening Under the Stars (RI)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletTalk Radio (Longacre Theatre, NYC)
bulletCurtains (Al Hirschfeld Theatre, NYC)
bulletJohnny Mathis: The Voice of Romance (Tour)
bulletDinah Was (Merrmack Repertory Theatre, Lowell)
bulletGuys on Ice (Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham)
bulletThe Seagull (Boris Eifman Ballet, Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston)

Monthly & Regular Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletActing FAQ by Bob Fraser
bulletBroadway Today by Jim DeBlasi
bulletTheatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletJump Cut by George T. Marshall
bulletSound Thinking: Conversations in Music by Jeff Hutton

 

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